The issue was highlighted on the This is Olton Facebook page when Ginny Phipps wrote: “Is anyone else finding the music the ice cream van is playing really annoying and inappropriate? Or am I overreacting?”

Posting on the Telegraph website Aileen Watt said: “Some people will find anything to complain about yes it’s sad what happened in London but this man is trying to do his job give him a break the same people would be complaining of he sat on his backside not working all day.”

Most Telegraph readers had something to say via our Facebook page and most agreed Solihull residents troubled by the ice cream van chimes were overreacting.

Adam Wilkinson said: “Bloke’s probably had that for years. People would rather stop him earning his living, what was he supposed to do. Shout ice cream man’s here?”

Joe Maquis wrote: “This poor ice cream man will have had that tune on his van long before the recent and awful fire in London. The last thing on his mind was causing offence to anybody.

“The way the world is going I am applying to be a professional hermit...at least that way I will not have to interact with people who are wrongly and unjustly offended by anything and everything.”

Zoe Downs said: “The nursery song was made about a fire years ago! Don’t think they were moaning about it then! Get a grip. And ring a roses was about the plague I believe, I don’t think families of plague sufferers were taking offence either back in the day.”

Susan Thomas wrote: “People want to get a grip and stop being so sensitive for goodness sakes give your heads a wobble people.”

Peter Wooding said: “These people really need to get over themselves and get a proper life.”

Andrew Webb wrote: “There was a horse called London’s Burning the other day...should we have banned that? Seriously! Let’s ban the programme London’s Burning too.”

Marcus Billing said: “Get a life for god’s sake he probably didn’t even know about what tune was being played.”

Tom Hartopp wrote: “2017 everyone offended by everything.”

Peter Pearson said: “Some people will moan about anything. What a bunch of sad people.”